Originally Posted by ZCanadian

Lewis was never going to make the apex of T2 on his line, but instead apex early. He had to, as otherwise, he would have left max enough room to get by between the two corners.

If you go by Probst in his analysis of Silverstone (and I’m not sure how relevant that analysis was, especially as he used simulation video), but this thesis was that that one was Max’s fault because “you don’t hit what you can see”, and he could “see Hamilton’s wing behind his right front wheel”. In this one, Lewis could clearly see the end plate of Verstappen’s front wing directly behind his left front wheel. Not steering away at that point ensured that both cars would be damaged or wrecked.

Max, in order to pass Lewis on the left somewhere in there, would have had to do a 3-point turn in order to leave the Mercedes enough room on the right at the exit of T2. That’s why it was never going to work. But he’s a Dutchman - wooden shoes, wooden head, wouldn’t listen. :-)